Addressing Ireland's gender brain drain: talented employees exit workforce for pregnancy or to seek fertility treatment

'If women are continuously walking out at the rate they are it's just such a talent waste'

Fembition wants to stop the “flight risk” among staff wanting to get pregnant and why they may want to leave if they pursue that choice.

ALISON CLARKE built up a career over 10 years in the wealth management space, working with
international firms such as Merrill Lynch and Julius Baer, but in 2016 she walked away from her corporate life for the same reasons that many other women have left their professions. She wanted to have a baby.

Ms Clarke excelled at her job. She became a client service officer at Merrill Lynch before moving to Julius Baer where she was eventually appointed associate director.